Dr. Michael Peppard
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Jesus having a twin, it's medium.
Jesus having a twin, it's medium.
This is a tough one, though. Let me just say, not only is it possible, it's necessary. Of course, there are many things that he said and did that are not included in this book. If you go to the end of Mark, you find out that there are multiple endings.
This is a tough one, though. Let me just say, not only is it possible, it's necessary. Of course, there are many things that he said and did that are not included in this book. If you go to the end of Mark, you find out that there are multiple endings.
Sure. So I work at Fordham University here in New York on the Bronx campus, and I've been a professor there in the theology department for 16 years. And my main areas are, there's kind of three main areas. One would be the New Testament and in all of its forms and in its context, but kind of especially its Greco-Roman context and the way it lives in the Roman Empire.
Sure. So I work at Fordham University here in New York on the Bronx campus, and I've been a professor there in the theology department for 16 years. And my main areas are, there's kind of three main areas. One would be the New Testament and in all of its forms and in its context, but kind of especially its Greco-Roman context and the way it lives in the Roman Empire.
Secondly, I have a research track and a teaching track in early Christian material culture. So early Christian art, early Christian rituals, the kind of stuff of early Christianity as it developed in that same period, the first few hundred years.
Secondly, I have a research track and a teaching track in early Christian material culture. So early Christian art, early Christian rituals, the kind of stuff of early Christianity as it developed in that same period, the first few hundred years.
And then third, I have a kind of parallel different track about Catholicism, which developed a bit because I'm part of a center for Catholic studies at Fordham. And so I started doing some teaching in that area, too. Uh, and write more, uh, less peer reviewed stuff, more like kind of magazine and op-ed type pieces about Catholicism.
And then third, I have a kind of parallel different track about Catholicism, which developed a bit because I'm part of a center for Catholic studies at Fordham. And so I started doing some teaching in that area, too. Uh, and write more, uh, less peer reviewed stuff, more like kind of magazine and op-ed type pieces about Catholicism.
Uh, prior to that, I was at Yale university for my graduate work, did a PhD there and, uh, and happy New Yorker now.
Uh, prior to that, I was at Yale university for my graduate work, did a PhD there and, uh, and happy New Yorker now.
My mom was Protestant. So I have to say, you know, I come from a mix.
My mom was Protestant. So I have to say, you know, I come from a mix.
Well, were you? I mean, did they have any truth to that?
Well, were you? I mean, did they have any truth to that?
No, we're happy to see our Lady of Guadalupe here in the tent. Yes, exactly. And your viewers can't maybe always see that, but you should get a shot of her in there.
No, we're happy to see our Lady of Guadalupe here in the tent. Yes, exactly. And your viewers can't maybe always see that, but you should get a shot of her in there.
So is it a plausibility index? Is it a believability index? Or is it a shock value? Is it all those things?
So is it a plausibility index? Is it a believability index? Or is it a shock value? Is it all those things?